Coding regimes of possession. An essay on land, property, and law
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Coding regimes of possession. An essay on land, property, and law. / Lund, Christian.
In: Globalizations, 29.04.2024.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Coding regimes of possession. An essay on land, property, and law
AU - Lund, Christian
PY - 2024/4/29
Y1 - 2024/4/29
N2 - Regimes of possession are constituted by rules of property. This includes the asset, rights subjects, and institutions of public authority. They are all coded in specific ways, and they connect to each other. When governments engage with land, they recode the constituent parts of the regime, engaging in property, subject, and even state formation. Yet, in a context of legal and institutional pluralism, many institutions and actors with varying degrees of relative autonomy and legitimacy make up the field of land struggle. All engage in coding of possession. Governments, claim to act within the law when they grant or dispossess citizens of land. Likewise, people aim to legitimate land claims through reference to law in creative ways. Examples show how different repertoires of legalization conspire with efforts to recode different constituent elements of possession into dispossession.
AB - Regimes of possession are constituted by rules of property. This includes the asset, rights subjects, and institutions of public authority. They are all coded in specific ways, and they connect to each other. When governments engage with land, they recode the constituent parts of the regime, engaging in property, subject, and even state formation. Yet, in a context of legal and institutional pluralism, many institutions and actors with varying degrees of relative autonomy and legitimacy make up the field of land struggle. All engage in coding of possession. Governments, claim to act within the law when they grant or dispossess citizens of land. Likewise, people aim to legitimate land claims through reference to law in creative ways. Examples show how different repertoires of legalization conspire with efforts to recode different constituent elements of possession into dispossession.
U2 - 10.1080/14747731.2024.2343451
DO - 10.1080/14747731.2024.2343451
M3 - Journal article
JO - Globalizations
JF - Globalizations
SN - 1474-7731
ER -
ID: 390999196